critique of my first business website

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Hi folks!
First of all thank you to everyone who helped me out with choosing/finding a name for my business in other thread!
Ok, it's actually my first website ever and it took me a while to sort everything out and it's not 100% finished yet (I don't think any website is 100% tbh :) ), but I decided I could use some feedback from you guys. Any suggestions and critiques are welcome.
I tried zenfolio but I didn't like it and decided to try prophoto. It was good call. It's great and easy (took me a while to figure all out but I never used wordpress before). I have designed all the graphics myself and modified one of the templates they provided and hopefully achieved unique look.
I'm still not sure about pricing so please take a look and let me know what you think about that. Also I know I need to add more info (about the service and myself) which I will do soon.

http://stradphoto.com/

Cheers
 
I really like the style and feel of your website. You seem to have already established a distinctive and attractive style with your imagery and it looks stylish and high quality. You're also very cheap!
 
DT01 said:
I really like the style and feel of your website. You seem to have already established a distinctive and attractive style with your imagery and it looks stylish and high quality. You're also very cheap!
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Cheers for that mate! Cheap you mean with portraits, weddings or both? I only did 3 weddings so far mate so I don't want to rocket up the prices of that just yet. I am doing it the hard way (shooting weddings without second shooting before that). I tried to find a tog who could allow me to assist or second shoot but no luck with that even in further areas. I will defo bump wedding prices as soon as I do couple of more...
 
bucz said:
Cheers for that mate! Cheap you mean with portraits, weddings or both? I only did 3 weddings so far mate so I don't want to rocket up the prices of that just yet. I am doing it the hard way (shooting weddings without second shooting before that). I tried to find a tog who could allow me to assist or second shoot but no luck with that even in further areas. I will defo bump wedding prices as soon as I do couple of more...
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Actually, I only looked at the portrait prices. You are limiting the maximum possible spend to your highest package, and for this you give a lot away. Clients won't spend more if they have already got the whole shooting match for a low fixed fee. Your style is distinctive enough, in my view, to be selling framed portraits at premium prices, provided that your demographic area supports that. Even so, it's not unrealistic to generate 1k+ from portrait sessions if a) the photography is special enough b) your products and service match that and c) you don't operate in a poor area. That's the potential, but you won't realise any of it if you cap your offer at a couple of hundred quid. Food for thought.
 
Agree, to cheap for the amount of work in the Maxi and to close to the others in price, a few problems with printing or other and you will lose money

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Very nice site and you do seem to have a consistant style. Prices are way way too cheap. Even though you may not have the experience, you do seem to know what you are doing. Too low a price will put people off!!
 
I only had two minutes to have a quick look but the site is very easy in the eye.

Like I said, I only had two minutes but I'm not sure about the wording on your home page.
It says all the right things but I don't think it flows well... ( I know why I'm trying to say in my head but struggling to find the right words! )
I just think it needs worded a bit more eloquently.
Overall looks great though.
 
Thanks guys for your feedback! Greatly appreciated.
I get what you say about prices. My thinking was to keep them not too high as I'm new to the area and I don't have customers yet in here then raise the prices up after it all starts moving forward. It's probably wrong thinking though :). What would you suggest the prices should be then?
 
DT01 said:
Actually, I only looked at the portrait prices. You are limiting the maximum possible spend to your highest package, and for this you give a lot away. Clients won't spend more if they have already got the whole shooting match for a low fixed fee. Your style is distinctive enough, in my view, to be selling framed portraits at premium prices, provided that your demographic area supports that. Even so, it's not unrealistic to generate 1k+ from portrait sessions if a) the photography is special enough b) your products and service match that and c) you don't operate in a poor area. That's the potential, but you won't realise any of it if you cap your offer at a couple of hundred quid. Food for thought.
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It all sounds nice :) I need to research local market more as I thought that I'm quite expensive tbh (I didn't do my homework I guess)
 
Derek.Laurence said:
I only had two minutes to have a quick look but the site is very easy in the eye.

Like I said, I only had two minutes but I'm not sure about the wording on your home page.
It says all the right things but I don't think it flows well... ( I know why I'm trying to say in my head but struggling to find the right words! )
I just think it needs worded a bit more eloquently.
Overall looks great though.
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I get what you say. A friend helped me out with getting the wording right and I thought he did good. Would you be able to try correct it by any chance? English is not my first language and I find it difficult to make it look better tbh. Cheers for your input mate!
 
I'll see if I can get a chance later. I'm not necessarily the best at putting things into words either.
I just know it looks like one if my cv profiles where I start out with good intentions but then tinker with it too much and it ends up looking awkward.
I'll see what I can do...
 
Derek.Laurence said:
I'll see if I can get a chance later. I'm not necessarily the best at putting things into words either.
I just know it looks like one if my cv profiles where I start out with good intentions but then tinker with it too much and it ends up looking awkward.
I'll see what I can do...
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That would be great... Cheers for that.
 
Love the look and the feel of your site, your images are strong so I hope you generate the business you deserve.

Price wise, for what it's worth I think you've probably hit the right mark for what you're trying to achieve (starting up a business and building a reputation). You also have the options of having some add-ons to the packages as an interim to increasing the prices.
 
I like the look and content of the site and you have a definite style coming through there ... so well done :thumbs:

The only negative for me was the pop-up slideshows which I got when clicking on the four images below the menu line but now when selecting a gallery from the menu.

It's a small thing and considering the quality of the rest of the site and the images on show wouldn't be a deal breaker for me if I was looking with a view to employing you.
 
Bristolian said:
The only negative for me was the pop-up slideshows which I got when clicking on the four images below the menu line but now when selecting a gallery from the menu.
It's a small thing and considering the quality of the rest of the site and the images on show wouldn't be a deal breaker for me if I was looking with a view to employing you.
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That was done by accident and I fixed it already as I didn't like that either. Cheers for pointing that out :)
 
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